Experience

IL 'Instrumentation Laboratory'

• Senior Software Test Engineer Test Lead

  • Jul 2007 - Present



Mentor Graphics, Inc.

• Software QA Test Engineer Project Leader

  • May 1999 - Mar 2007

  Responsible for testing and maintaining a high level of quality on the Products. Responsible for assigning testing tasks through test plans and schedules. Informed QA group and project team of problems, changes or delays. Set and enforced project time lines in the QA schedule during project meetings. Responsible for reviewing manual testcases created by testers, including keeping track of pass/fail status. Responsibilities for manual testing included Flow, Functional, Ad-Hoc, Performance, Installation, Black Box and GUI testing during the releases.• Worked on approximately 20 different projects and tested 8 different Products involving 23 releases on all Windows platforms (98 – XP) and a small amount of work on UNIX (HP and Solaris). • Successfully completed projects as QA Project Lead for approximately over 4 years and managing between 2 - 7 testers.• Create and maintain QA Test Plans and QA Schedules.• Led the CCB (Control Change Board) meetings• Submit defects/enhancements



PADS Software, Inc.

• Technical Support Engineer

  • Aug 1997 - May 1999

  PADS Software created software products for the EDA (CAD/CAM) market, PADS was eventually acquired by Innoveda in 2000, and then was acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2001. Responsible for helping customers solve their issues in a timely manner. Maintained excellent customers’ relationship to retain and increase sales.• Supported customers by phone and email regarding defects or enhancements requests, general questions, and installation queries. Helped installments included stand alone with dongles and floating license servers. Met basic training needs for those unfamiliar with the PADS Software Products and 3rd party supported Products.